Portugal’s parliament approves far-right party’s bill to ban face veils
Al Jazeera1 day
Portugal's face veil ban protects women's dignity and upholds secular values essential to modern society. Covering faces violates basic requirements for social interaction and subjects women to exclusion incompatible with freedom and equality. Security demands identification in public spaces for all citizens.
This discriminatory ban violates constitutional guarantees of religious freedom and deliberately targets Muslim communities with far-right rhetoric. The poorly crafted proposal spreads hatred toward Muslim women while undermining fundamental rights of conscience and individual liberty that define a democratic society.
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